William L. Steffen

912 total citations
22 papers, 580 citations indexed

About

William L. Steffen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Steffen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 580 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in William L. Steffen's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (3 papers) and Science and Climate Studies (3 papers). William L. Steffen is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (3 papers) and Science and Climate Studies (3 papers). William L. Steffen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. William L. Steffen's co-authors include Josep G. Canadell, Peter M. Vitousek, Brian Walker, George W. Koch, F. Stuart Chapin, Osvaldo E. Sala, Ingrid C. Burke, Harold A. Mooney, A. R. Mosier and Stephen W. Pacala and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, BioScience and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

William L. Steffen

21 papers receiving 521 citations

Peers

William L. Steffen
Terry Parr United Kingdom
Kathryn M. Miller United States
Kurt McLaren Jamaica
Amber Pairis United States
D. L. Peterson United States
Case M. Prager United States
Charles G. Curtin United States
Klaus C. Ewald Switzerland
Timo Conradi Germany
Adam Markham United States
Terry Parr United Kingdom
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gifford, RM, William L. Steffen, Tony Lynch, et al.. (2010). To live within Earth's limits: An Australian plan to develop a science of the whole earth system. Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 29(4). 262–8. 1 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L., Lesley Hughes, R. L. Kitching, et al.. (2009). Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change: A Strategic Assesment of the Vulnerability of Australia's Biodiversity to Climate Change. Report of the Expert Advisory Committee to the Natural Resources Management Ministerial Council. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 9 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L., A. A. Burbidge, Lesley Hughes, et al.. (2009). Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change: A strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's Biodiversity to climate change. 31 indexed citations
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Richardson, Katherine, William L. Steffen, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, et al.. (2009). Synthesis Report. Climate change: global risks, challenges and decisions, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 March, 2009.. 33 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L., Andrew A. Burbidge, Lesley Hughes, et al.. (2009). Australia's biodiversity and climate change: a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's biodiversity to climate change : summary for policy makers 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert, William L. Steffen, Kathy Hibbard, et al.. (2007). Evolution of the human-environment relationship. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2 indexed citations
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Bolin, B., et al.. (2004). The Earth’s life-support system is in peril. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 57. 22–23. 1 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L.. (2002). Challenges of a changing earth : proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 10-13 July 2001. Springer eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Canadell, Josep G., William L. Steffen, & Peter S. White. (2002). IGBP/GCTE terrestrial transects: Dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems under environmental change. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(3). 298–300. 30 indexed citations
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Canadell, Josep G., William L. Steffen, & P. S. White. (2002). IGBP/GCTE terrestrial transects: Dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems under environmental change – Introduction. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(3). 298–298. 24 indexed citations
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Falkowski, Paul G., Robert J. Scholes, Josep G. Canadell, et al.. (2000). Global carbon cycle: A test of our knowledge of the earth. 3 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L., et al.. (1999). Global Change and Earth (Sub)-System Science. Regional Environmental Change. 1(1). 2–3. 2 indexed citations
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Walker, Brian W., William L. Steffen, Josep G. Canadell, & John Ingram. (1999). The terrestrial Biosphere and global change: implications for natural and managed ecosystems. Synthesis volume.. 23 indexed citations
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Aber, John D., B. Acock, Harald Bugmann, et al.. (1999). Hydrological and biogeochemical processes in complex landscapes - what is the role of temporal and spatial ecosystem dynamics?. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 335–355. 5 indexed citations
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Chapin, F. Stuart, Osvaldo E. Sala, Ingrid C. Burke, et al.. (1998). Ecosystem Consequences of Changing Biodiversity. BioScience. 48(1). 45–52. 229 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L., F. Stuart Chapin, & Osvaldo E. Sala. (1996). Global change and ecological complexity: an international research agenda. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 11(4). 186–186. 10 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L. & А. Shvidenko. (1996). IGBP Northern Eurasia Study: Prospectus for an Integrated Global Change Research Project. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 4 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L., Wolfgang Crämer, Matthias Plöchl, & Harald Bugmann. (1996). Global vegetation models: incorporating transient changes to structure and composition. Journal of Vegetation Science. 7(3). 321–328. 51 indexed citations
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Steffen, William L.. (1996). A periodic table for ecology? A chemist's view of plant functional types. Journal of Vegetation Science. 7(3). 425–430. 19 indexed citations
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Koch, George W., Peter M. Vitousek, William L. Steffen, & Brian Walker. (1995). Terrestrial transects for global change research. Plant Ecology. 121(1-2). 53–65. 86 indexed citations

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